Bridge for a second floor

[KnedloVeproZelo]

Hello! I am new here and I wanted to ask your opinion on a bridge for my second floor. I will insert a photo and the red part is where I want the second floor. It would be 35 cm high and I am a bit afraid of making a wooden bridge. It seems too heavy and i would be terrified of it falling down on them. I have seen people use bended cac grid, but that is not long enough, so I am a bit lost. Do you have any ideas/experience what to use and how to attach it? Thank you!

 

[piggieminder]

Ramps in Cages

You may find something in the above link. When I had a loft in my C&C cage I used 2 bent grids cable tied together to get the length. Slightly overlap them to get the rigidity. I covered mine with extra thick vet bed, I think some people use a bit of carpet.

 

[Bertie & Jelly]

I also used 2 overlapping C&C grids in the same way as @piggieminder. I lined the ramp with correx that also went up the sides then had a fleece ramp liner over that. The correx liner had ‘wings’ at the top which i used to attach to the correx in the loft with cable ties and gorilla tape although you could just attach the ramp grid to the loft grid with cable ties. I had to make it sturdy as one of my little chaps had a correx nibbling habit. The correx sides at the bottom half of the ramp got gradually lower and lower

 

[Engel]

Definitely look at the above link but please be aware that not all piggies will use ramps and that adding another floor doesn't add floor space and instead may cause issues if the floor isn't big enough for all your pigs to use at once, especially if they have a squabble and need space from each other.

 

[KnedloVeproZelo]

Thank you all for suggestions! I will propably use the bended c&c grids now and Engel, my piggies love climbing and jumping on top of houses and stuff and I just made them this new enclosure a few days ago and wanted to add second floor because they love being high and having a good view also because the enclosure is so new it is kinda plain and I try to add new things to it and figure out if they like it, so maybe I will cancel the top floor in a few weeks, we’ll see!
P.S. the girl on the foto is the one that acts like a monkey the most

 

[Engel]

That's fine. There's nothing wrong with adding another level, just a few things to keep in mind. Give it a try and let us know how they like it.

 

[Merab]

Welcome to the forum.
We look forward to getting to know you and your piggies.

Mine are in a single storey cage so I can’t help with your question